"Any society which suppresses the heritage of its conquered minorities, prevents their history or denies them their symbols, has sown the seeds of their own destruction."
"As Governor of my country, I have been an enemy to its enemies; I have slain the English; I have mortally opposed the English King; I have stormed and taken the towns and castles which he unjustly claimed as his own."
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Source: Statement at his trial on August 23, 1305. Lives of Scottish worthies. Book by Patrick Fraser Tytler, p. 279, 1831.
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